Mohammad A. Mohammad

List of John Benjamins publications in which Mohammad A. Mohammad is involved.

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Word Order, Agreement and Pronominalization in Standard and Palestinian Arabic

Mohammad A. Mohammad

The two related issues of word order, and subject-verb agreement have occupied center stage in the study of Arabic syntax since the time of Sibawayhi in the eighth century. This book is a contribution to both of these areas. It is grounded within the generative grammar framework in one of its most… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 181] 2000. xvi, 189 pp.

Mohammad, Mohammad A. 2014 Terms of endearment and anger 
in Levantine Arabic: Praying for and against someone Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXVI: Papers from the annual symposium on Arabic Linguistics. New York, 2012, Khamis, Reem and Karen Froud (eds.), pp. 243–260 | Article

This article provides a detailed description of a specific structure in Arabic referred to as “God-wishes” by Fergusson (1997). In spite of their singular third person agreement features, the article argues that they are actually imperatives in disguise. Evidence supporting this conclusion is cited… read more

Mohammad, Mohammad A. 2014 Negation and heads: Agreement and maximal projections in Palestinian Arabic Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV–XXV: Papers from the annual symposia on Arabic Linguistics. Texas, 2010 and Arizona, 2011, Farwaneh, Samira and Hamid Ouali (eds.), pp. 139–158 | Article

This paper assumes and extends Benmamoun’s (2000) analysis of negation in Arabic. It is suggested that merger with negation in Palestinian Arabic is sensitive to the feature of person. An element may raise to merge with negation only if Neg has this feature present. This feature marks Benmamoun’s… read more

Mohammad, Mohammad A. 1999 Checking and Licensing Inside dP in Palestinian Arabic Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Benmamoun, Elabbas (ed.), pp. 27–44 | Article

Mohammad, Mohammad A. 1990 The problem of subject-verb agreement in Arabic: towards a solution Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics: Papers from the Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics, Eid, Mushira (ed.), pp. 95–125 | Article